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five series of scales between the anterior dorsal and lateral 

 line. C. variabilis, Gunth., is closely allied, but the latter 

 has the second dorsal distant from the first ; the scales have 

 fine ridges, and each ridge is composed of several spines. 



Bibliography. 

 Eev. J. E. Tenison Woods, E.L.S., &c. : 



Eish and Fisheries of New South Wales. Sydney, 1882. 

 (213 pp.) 



EBBATA. 



Pp. 86, 105, and 121, for Blennidse read Blenniidse. 



NOTE AND DESCRIPTION OP THE FIRST DIS- 

 COVERED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE GENUS 

 PUPA IN TASMANIA. 



By K. M. Johnston, F.L.S., etc. 



[Bead l7tJi April, 1882.] 



Pupa, Draparnaud. 



Animal short, stout, acute behind, its upper tentacles de- 

 veloped, its lower ones short, or almost obsolete. Shell oblong- 

 cylindrical, many whorled, often rather thick, mostly ribbed, 

 sometimes deeply umbilicated, generally rather obtuse at the 

 apex ; aperture somewhat squarely ovate, generally more or 

 less toothed ; lip thickly reflected. 

 Pupa Lincolnensis, Angas. 

 Pupa Tasmanica, R. M. Johnston. 



Shell minute, sinistral, thin, of a uniform light fawn colour, 

 sub-pellucid, oblong-cylindrical, obliquely finely Urate ; suture 

 somewhat impressed ; spire scarcely contracted towards apex, 

 which is suddenly obtusely rounded; whorls, 6, slightly convex ; 

 aperture somewhat squarely ovate, subvertical, with a 

 moderately prominent tooth ; peristome simple, margins dis- 

 tant, united by a callous lamina; anterior and columellar 

 margins slightly reflexed. Length, 3 mil.; diam., 175 mil. 

 Habitat, sand dunes, Swansea. Abundant. 



This interesting species was obtained by me recently in great 

 numbers in the shallow depressions of the sand dunes, where 

 the bleached dead shells were lodged by the action of the 

 wind. They were associated with Helix Furneauxensis, Petterd; 



